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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: zxzx9r on August 06, 2009, 12:22:05 PM
I was looking at a 1995 prevost with a fire that was in the living are. Will there be smoke smell for ever in this coach? The owner says "it dont smell" but I was told it will never go away. It might have some damage to the roof as well. Would this coach be a total or a good fixer upper?
I have rebuilt a few fire damage smoke vehicles.. You have to strip the interior to raw metal. Once you clean and seal everything, you will be okay. This only applies to reinstalling a new interior. Look at it as buying a shell and replacing everything. "fire smoke" will get and migrate into everything. This includes structual tubing.
If the vehicle was declared a total loss, then you know that it was bad. If it wasn't, the insurance company would have fixed it.
Talk to some restoration companies. I have heard that ozone generators work great, no personal knowledge.
Len
Buying a total is always going to have a re builders title hurts the value when selling.
I saw this happen to Dave at Southern Oregon when selling his H-45 he rebuilt thought he had 200,000 bus and didn't get 1/2 of that
good luck